Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/mik

This Proto-Bodish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Bodish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək.

Noun

*mik[1]

  1. eye

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: མིག་ཏོ (mig to, “eye”)
    • Tibetan: མིག (mig), དྨྱིག (dmyig)
    • Ladakhi: མིག (mig, “eye”)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: མེག (mek)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: མེག (mek)
    • Kurtöp: མིག (mik)

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology‎[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, page 86
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